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Texas's 22nd congressional district of the United States House of Representatives covers a largely suburban southwestern portion of the Greater Houston metropolitan area. The district includes most of Fort Bend County, including most of the cities of Sugar Land, Rosenberg, Needville and the county seat of Richmond as well as the county's share of the largely unincorporated Greater Katy area ...
The at-large nature of the district and Texas's runoff system meant that, despite Houston's large minority population, minorities would not be elected to the legislature from the district as Whites still made up a majority of its population. After the legislature enacted new districts in 1965 to comply with the ruling, Harris County gained ...
In some instances, majority-minority districts may result from affirmative racial gerrymandering. The value of drawing district lines to create majority-minority districts is a matter of dispute both within and outside of minority communities.
The old gerrymandering had a very bad stench and is still practiced in many states including Texas, ... Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren’s San Jose district was expanded 60 miles south into Salinas ...
There should be fair competition between party candidates and gerrymandering usually gives one party an unfair advantage, writes Rev. Bob Montgomery. Opinion: Gerrymandering promotes extremism in ...
While the Court said states are free to redistrict as often as desired, the justices ruled that Texas's 23rd congressional district was invalid, as it violated Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act by racial gerrymandering. This decision required lawmakers to adjust boundaries in line with the Court's ruling. [3]
Texas's controversial 2003 partisan gerrymander produced Texas District 22 for former Rep. Tom DeLay, a Republican. A packed seat of Republicans based on past results of its many voting districts, it features two necks and a counter-projection.
Sep. 29—House District 22: Stefani Lord Political Party: Republican Family: Thor Lord, husband Education: Bachelors degree psychology Occupation: Public Servant City of Residence: Sandia Park ...